Last Name REID

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Meaning	Nickname: The red, a sobriquet given on account of the ruddy face or the sanguine red complexion of the hair. Similar to surnames Black, White, Russell, Blunt, etc. Reid is a Scottish and North ENglish variant. Red. Red haired, ruddy complexion.

Origin	Scottish, Irish, Jewish, Falkland, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	263 (2000 US census)	232 (1990 US census)

Count	104,007 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

63.24%, or 65774 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
32.01%, or 33293 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 489 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.57%, or 593 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.97%, or 2049 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.74%, or 1810 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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